Aidan Harney

Aoife Lenox
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hi Colette, this is something we have been looking at with my organisation. We have not made it mandatory but more encouragement from Managers to put accountability to their teams to come in for a monthly anchor day and then two days per week over a T/W/Th. I think the most important communication around anchor days is what is the purpose. So…Read More

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- Colette Connolly
  11 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Hi Aoife – thanks for your response. Similar to yourselves, we have not mandated days. Our approach has been an expectation of one in-person anchor day per week, with exact day being decided by the team using Team Charters. This has worked very well with the vast majority of people adhering to the guidance. Teams decide what they are going to use…Read More
  - Aoife Lenox
    11 months, 3 weeks ago
    
    Hi Colette, I like the Team Charter idea and giving teams autonomy to decide what works for them. I read a perspective recently that helped me navigate the situations where certain individuals and/or teams might not adhere to the practice of coming in regularly. Employee experience is personal and different things will matter to different people…Read More
    - Colette Connolly
      11 months, 2 weeks ago
      
      Absolutely Aoife – its all so subjective! Thanks for your insights.
Jillian Ryan
11 months, 1 week ago

Colette, we don’t prescribe anchor days at company level either and let teams decide themselves like you. However we do have a Global call on a Monday, and many teams set their Team meetings on a Monday – hence we heavily encourage people to come in Mondays and most do. For smaller headcount companies I would recommend anchor dates for that sense…Read More
- Colette Connolly
  11 months, 1 week ago
  
  Thanks Jillian – totally agree with the anchor days for building sense of community.

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